GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Today the Calvin women's swim and dive team competed in two different meets as half the team competed in a MIAA tri-meet in the Venema Aquatic Center while the other half traveled to take on Division II opponent Wayne State.
 
MIAA TRI
CALVIN 162, ALMA 71
CALVIN 142, ALBION 91
 
The Knights kicked the tri-meet off in the 400-medley relay where junior Tori Beigle (Petoskey, Mich/Petoskey), sophomore Anya Hopek (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt), freshman Alea Casipit (Midland, Mich./Herbert Henry Dow), and freshman Emmersyn Erway (Davison, Mich./Davison) took second place with a time of 4:16.19.
 
Calvin picked up their first top finisher of the day when junior Kailee Turner (Monroe, Mich./Monroe) recorded a time of 19:25.87 in the 1650-freestyle. Casipit also nabbed a first place finish for the Knights in the 200-butterfly when she touched at 2:19.97. 
 
On the diving board, sophomore Veronica Skipper placed first on both the one meter board (238.64) and the three meter board (256.27).
 
Calvi finished up their tri-meet appearance in the 200-freestyle relay where sophomore Grace Carpenter (Ada, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian), freshman Vivian Rizer (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich./Grosse Pointe Farms), freshman Emily Baartman (Riverside, Ill./Riverside Brookfield), and Casipit took second place with a time of 1:45.79.

WAYNE STATE DUAL
CALVIN 142, WAYNE STATE 91
 
The Knights started out the meet with a bang when they took first place in the 200-medley relay. Freshman Zoe Poe (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette Twp.) also had a strong showing when she took third in the 1000 freestyle (10:38.45) and second in the 100 butterfly (1:02.20). 
 
In the 200-freestyle junior Kristen Winkle (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) took third with a time 2:07.33 while freshman Ella Andrews (Carmel, Ind./Heritage Christian School) (25.10) and junior Meghan Bengelink (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) (25.16) nabbed the second and third place spots in the 50 freestyle.
 
Andrews also had a good showing in the 100 freestyle where she placed third with a time of 55.55. The Knights recorded two more third place finishes in the 100 backstroke by Katie Phippen (Macomb, Ill./Calvary Baptist) (1:08.17) and in the 500 freestyle by Madi McNearney (5:32.99).
 
In the 100-breaststroke freshman Gracie Granger (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippercanoe) placed third with a time of 1:10.18 while fellow freshman Eloise Harrison (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) was close behind in fourth with a time of 1:12.29.
 
The Knights finished their evening on a high note as they placed first in the 200-freestyle relay.
 
UP NEXT: The Knights will be back in action on Friday, February 7th when they take on Hope at the Venema Aquatic Center at 5PM.